Education & Outreach

Knowledge Is Power

AIDS Alabama provides a variety of HIV prevention education and outreach services in an effort to raise community awareness and prevent new HIV infections.

Education & Outreach Services Provided Statewide:

• Targeted HIV Prevention Education Presentations
• Free, Confidential, Rapid HIV Testing
• Mobile Testing and Community Outreach
• Peer Education in Schools, Colleges, and Universities
• Secondary HIV Prevention Education

Did You Know?

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 25% of all HIV-positive persons do not know they are infected with HIV.
• Four out of ten (40% of) Americans living with HIV/AIDS reside in the South.
• Almost 1/3 of all Alabamians living with HIV/AIDS reside in Jefferson County.
• African-Americans continue to bear the greatest burden of HIV infection.  While they make up 26% of the state's population, blacks account for 64% of new infections in the state.
• The HIV diagnosis for African-American males is more than twice the rate of any other group.  Women are also markedly affected, as HIV/AIDS was the leading cause of death for black women ages 25-44 in 2006.